KIRI aired its second episode this evening and it proved to be even more of a heartbreaking and difficult watch.

Tonight the Channel 4 drama took another turn, switching from the day of Kiri's abduction to the present. Although initially jarring, the shifts effectively pushed the story forward as doubt was cast in all directions.

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It was hard to watch, particularly as the show came to a tragic conclusion with Nate getting arrested and dragged away by the police as he prepared to hand himself in for questioning.

The star of the show this evening was Game of Thrones’ Msamati as Tobi, he is totally compelling as a flawed man desperately trying to do the right thing as he was caught up in an unimaginable situation.

His performance would reduce most to tears: Tobi’s cracking voice as he was restrained by the police while Nate was led away was so hard to watch but brutally honest as well. Msamati portrayed Tobi’s feelings of injustice and betrayal beautifully.

Meanwhile, social worker Miriam Grayson (Sarah Lancashire) continued to be vilified by the press for her role in Kiri’s murder as she was hounded by journalists. Her decision divided a nation with a vet telling her she did the right thing, while another woman attacked Miriam in the street

Writer Jack Thorne has done a masterful job of opening up this dialogue about race and adoption in Britain. He has looked at the nuances of the arguments through Kiri’s foster mother Alice Warner (Lia Williams), Miriam Grayson (Sarah Lancashire) and Tobi.

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Miriam’s speech to the media in an unguarded moment spells out the problems that we as a nation have when it comes to race and the impact it has on children growing up in Britain. Her outburst highlights that Britain needs to take a long hard look at itself and really work on race relations.

Along with the conversation on race, Kiri feels very much like ITV’s whodunit hit Broadchurch with a social conscience. The identity of Kiri’s killer is just as intriguing as the circumstances of the schoolgirl’s adoption by a white couple.